So I finished the list, it's posted below. Note that it's not in table format, because that's still way harder than it should be. And now the list:
TITLE - ARTIST
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
We Got the Power (Love Letter from America) - The Born Again Floozies
Believe - The Bravery
The Places We Lived - Backyard Tire Fire
Jesus, Walk With Me (The Sound of Arrows Remix) - Club 8
All Night - Damian Marley
After All (feat. Talib Kweli) - Lupe Fiasco
The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
Sax Rohmer #1 - The Mountain Goats
Dance, Dance, Dance - Lykke Li
Valerie Plame - The Decemeberists
You've Done It Again, Virginia - The National
Top Yourself - The Raconteurs
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Immigrant Punk - Gogol Bordello
San Bernardino - The Mountain Goats
Starálfur - Sigur Rós
Ching-A-Ling - Missy Elliot
In the unlikely event that there are readers of this blog, the more astute ones will have noticed that Dance, Dance, Dance by Lykke Li was not on the previous list. So I didnt' hear it until after making the first round list. So sue me.
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Friday, December 26, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Whoops!
In my last post, I mistakenly referred to the list of songs as "the Best Singles of 2008." To be perfectly honest, though, it should have been called, "A List of My Favorites Songs, Out of All The Songs I've Heard This Year, Excluding Any Genres That I Don't Particularly Care For."
You know, to differentiate my list from all of the real "Best Of" lists, which are of course all-inclusive and completely impartial.
You know, to differentiate my list from all of the real "Best Of" lists, which are of course all-inclusive and completely impartial.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
It's the Best (of) Time of the Year!
Yes, it's that time of year when bloggers the world over join together in celebrating how much better their tastes (be they musical, literary, theatrical or otherwise) are than yours. I'm always willing to jump on a bandwagon when it looks like it's going my way, so here is my preliminary list of the best singles 2008 had to offer. This list is arranged alphabetically, as I haven't yet decided which singles were the most important - and also to hide how many times the Mountain Goats show up - but rest assured, there's a numbered list coming soon.
(note to Blogger: formatting tables is about 120 times more difficult than it needs to be.)
(note to Blogger: formatting tables is about 120 times more difficult than it needs to be.)
Track | Artist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A-Punk | Vampire Weekend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After All (ft. Talib Kweli) | Lupe Fiasco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Night | Damian Marley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Believe | The Bravery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa | Vampire Weekend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ching-A-Ling | Missy Elliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evil Urges | My Morning Jacket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fault Lines | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Funplex | The B-52's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heretic Pride | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Will Possess Your Heart (Radio Edit) | Death Cab For Cutie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigrant Punk | Gogol Bordello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In A Cave | Tokyo Police Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesus, Walk with Me (Sound of Arrows remix) | Club 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less Talk More Rokk (Album Version) | Freezepop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Let The Drummer Kick | Citizen Cope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost Coastlines | Okkervil River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lovecraft In Brooklyn | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Machine Gun | Portishead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Me And Armini | Emiliana Torrini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Mess Inside | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Modern Leper | Frightened Rabbit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My Moon, My Man (Grizzly Bear remix) | Feist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Enough | The Raconteurs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Places We Lived | Backyard Tire Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poke | Frightened Rabbit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regret | Wye Oak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Bernardino | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sax Rohmer #1 | The Mountain Goats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Say Hey (I Love You) | Michael Franti & Spearhead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shitewrecked | Urchin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starálfur | Sigur Rós | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top Yourself (Album Version) | The Raconteurs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valerie Plame | The Decemberists | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We Got The Power (Love Letter From America) | Born Again Floozies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working Class Hero | Exit Clōv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You've Done It Again Virginia | The National | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Tons Of Dope (Featuring Dillinger) | Sounds From The Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday, November 07, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Dorothy Knows How I Feel
(Click for a read-able version of the strip.)Dorothy over at "Cat and Girl" captures the feeling I was trying to get across in my last post.
Oh yeah, there was an election this week.
President-elect Barack Obama fist-bumping a five-year-old.I really don't want to say anything cynical about the guy before he's even in office, so let's just enjoy the photo.
(Click the picture to see a whole series of great shots over at the Boston Globe web site.)
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